Sverre

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Norwegian younger form of Sværri

Related Names

See Sverrir

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Sverresson

Female

Sverresdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Sverre
Genitive:	Sverres

- Finnish
Nominative:	Sverre
Genitive:	Sverren
Partitive:	Sverreä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Sverre
Accusative:	Sverre
Dative:	Sverre
Genitive:	Sverres

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Sverre
Genitive:	Sverres

- Swedish
Nominative:	Sverre
Genitive:	Sverres

Name Day

Norway

9 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 19th century
• Norway: 1813
• Sweden: 1877
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 6 February 2009

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 1910-1915
• Denmark: 1910-1929
• Sweden: 1920-1939

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Sør-Austlandet
  • Vestlandet
  • Troms
  • Sogn og Fjordane
• Denmark:
  • Lolland-Falster

Namesakes

• Sverre Ingolf Haugli (23 April 1925 – 18 October 1986), Norwegian speed skater
• Sverre Haugli (born 2 October 1982), Norwegian speed skater
• Prins Sverre Magnus (born 3 December 2005), Norwegian Prince

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		260	632	0	0	260	632
Denmark		138	n.a.	0	n.a.	138	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	80	0	0	n.a.	80
Iceland		2	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		8607	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8607	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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